radarman

[ rey-dahr-muhn, -man ]

noun

, plural ra·dar·men [rey, -dahr-m, uh, n, -men].

1. a person who operates or helps to operate radar equipment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of radarman¹

First recorded in 1940–45; radar + man

Example Sentences

As a radarman charged with tracking the movements of enemy ships and submarines, Johnson said the ship was engaged in “a game of chicken” off the coast of China.

From Washington Times

Schiff took up the cause after he was contacted by Pasadena constituent Tim Wendler, who was a few days from his second birthday when his father, Radarman 2nd Class Ron Thibodeau, died in the collision.

From Los Angeles Times

"There is life there," said Parker, the radarman.

From Project Gutenberg

Scott, 57, a lawyer and former Navy radarman who made his fortune acquiring hospitals in Texas, was never personally charged in the Columbia/HCA scandal.

From Time

It was, in McNamara's words, "a very dark, moonless, overcast night"�or, as Maddox Radarman James Stankevitz put it, "darker than the hubs of hell."

From Time Magazine Archive